Lack of detection of a putative retrovirus associated with haemic neoplasia in the soft shell clam Mya arenaria

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-104

  AboElkhair, M ^a,b   Iwamoto, T ^a   Clark, K F ^a   McKenna, P ^a   Siah, A ^a   Greenwood, S J ^a   Berthe, F C J ^c   Casey, J W ^d   Cepica, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemic neoplasia; Mya arenaria; Retrovirus; Reverse transcriptase activity; RT PCR; Sucrose gradient

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD DISEASE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MYA; PATHOLOGY; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMOCYTES; MYA; RETROVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

BIVALVIA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 84855190649     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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